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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced names of 18 MLA candidates. Total 117 candidates announced so far by the BJD. Senior BJP leader Damodar Rout’s son Sambit Routray will contest from Paradip. While Maheswar Mohanty will fight from Puri Assembly constituency, Debashis Samantaray will contest from Cuttack-Barabati. […]
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Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Odisha is set to reject BJD and urged voters at his address in Jeypore to bring BJP Government both in the State and also at teh centre to usher development. “Can you trust the Government hand in glove with chit fund scamsters and mining mafia. Odisha can […]
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Bhubaneswar: A mega mock exercise on the radiological emergency was conducted at the Esplanade Mall, Rasulgarh Square here on Thursday. Following an explosion at the entrance of Esplanade, fire and police control room were informed immediately by the mall authorities. Shortly PCR Van/MRDS (Mobile Radiation Detection System) arrived and declared the presence of radiation at […]
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Paralakhemundi: BJD candidate Yuvarani Kalyani Devi has started a high-voltage campaigning with party workers across the Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency. Kalyani Devi, a descendant of Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati’s family, is respected by people of Gajapati district because of developmental works done over a hundred years ago by the royal family. As many as seven canals, […]
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Bhubaneswar: No doubt, senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra is an influential leader in Odisha politics and has prospects of becoming a State head, but not sans a consistent party platform. But when sequence of incidents involving Mohapatra, including his homecoming to the BJP, are considered, then it looks that the erstwhile Biju aide is not going […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiaya Bikash Parishad has urged the Election Commission to reschedule the polling days for all seven phases to maintain indiscrimination in fixing gap of days between date of scrutiny of nomination and poling date for all phases. In a memorandum submitted to the ECI, the Parishad pointed out that there is no uniformity […]
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Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hit the campaign trail in Odisha on April 1 and 2, respectively, informed party spokesperson Golak Mohapatra on Wednesday. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit Jeypore on March 29. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Odisha visit schedule has been changed. He will […]
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Berhampur: The Association of Small and Medium Newspapers of India (ASMN)’s 20th national convention would be held at Gopalpur in Ganjam district on March 30 and 31, informed ASMN Odisha branch president Rabi Rath. Rath said more than 250 editors of different newspapers from different States would attend the convention and hold discussions on various […]
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Paradip: While the BJP has chosen Sampad Swain, a new face, to contest polls from the Paradip Assembly seat, the BJD and the Congress are yet to finalise their candidates from among many aspirants. Swain, the BJYM Jagatsingpur district president, was chosen as he is in the good books of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and […]
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Bhubaneswar: Vice-President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, will be in Odisha on April 1 to attend the SAI Decadal Celebration. The ceremony will be held at SAI International School, from 10 am to 11.00 am. “The students and faculty of SAI International Group are eagerly waiting to welcome His Excellency M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice […]
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